World Chess Championship 1972

1972 chess match in Reykjavík, Iceland for the World Chess Championship between challenger Bobby Fischer (USA) and defending champion Boris Spassky (USSR)
Event sports_season Q596416
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World Chess Championship 1972

Summary

World Chess Championship 1972 is a sports season[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of sports_season entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (661 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • World Chess Championship 1972 won the Bobby Fischer[3].
  • World Chess Championship 1972 is in the country of Iceland[4].
  • World Chess Championship 1972's instance of is recorded as sports season[5].
  • World Chess Championship 1972's location is recorded as Reykjavík[6].
  • World Chess Championship 1972's Commons category is recorded as World Chess Championship 1972[7].
  • World Chess Championship 1972's edition number is recorded as 27[8].
  • World Chess Championship 1972's start time is recorded as +1972-07-11T00:00:00Z[9].
  • World Chess Championship 1972's end time is recorded as +1972-09-01T00:00:00Z[10].
  • World Chess Championship 1972's point in time is recorded as +1972-00-00T00:00:00Z[11].
  • World Chess Championship 1972's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 64.1475, 'lon': -21.935}[12].
  • World Chess Championship 1972's sport is recorded as chess[13].
  • World Chess Championship 1972's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02vmb_[14].
  • World Chess Championship 1972's participant is recorded as Boris Spassky[15].
  • World Chess Championship 1972's spoken text audio is recorded as Hy-Շախմատի աշխարհի առաջնություն 1972 (World Chess Championship 1972).ogg[16].
  • World Chess Championship 1972's BabelNet ID is recorded as 03434279n[17].
  • World Chess Championship 1972's sports season of league or competition is recorded as World Chess Championship[18].
  • World Chess Championship 1972's National Portrait Gallery is recorded as NPG.78.TC851[19].

Body

Recognition

World Chess Championship 1972 won the Bobby Fischer[3].

Why It Matters

World Chess Championship 1972 ranks in the top 1% of sports_season entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (661 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20]

FAQs

What awards did World Chess Championship 1972 receive?

Honors received include Bobby Fischer[3].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [15] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] . wikidata.org.
  14. [3] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . BabelNet. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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